Students Block Louvre, Shutting Museum to Visitors in Support of Lycée Movement

The Musée du Louvre in Paris was closed to visitors from the morning of Monday, October 19, after students blockaded the museum. The students said they were acting in solidarity with the lycée movement. Outside the blocked entrance, exchanges between the demonstrators and tourists were at times tense, according to Le Monde. The action kept the museum shut for the duration of the morning blockade. The report describes difficult dialogue between the students and the visitors gathered at the site.